Title :
Photocatalysts for the Destruction of Styrene as an Air Pollutant
Author :
Lim, Melvin ; Nguyen, Truc ; Rudolph, Victor ; Lu, Max GQ
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld.
Abstract :
Various photocatalysts have been produced for the oxidation of airborne styrene. Commercial Degussa P25 (supported on vanadia-doped/undoped silica gel) and synthesized titania-pillared clay was used. Selected catalysts were characterized using SEM, TEM, XRD, TGA, UV-vis spectrophotometry, and nitrogen adsorption. This work represents the first phase of a study, aimed at degrading styrene in a fluidized-bed photoreactor, of which will be reported separately.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; air pollution; catalysis; organic compounds; photochemistry; scanning electron microscopy; sol-gel processing; thermal analysis; transmission electron microscopy; SEM; TEM; TGA; UV-vis spectrophotometry; XRD; air pollutant; commercial Degussa P25; fluidized-bed photoreactor; nitrogen adsorption; photocatalysts; styrene destruction; synthesized titania-pillared clay; vanadia-doped-undoped silica gel; Air pollution; Oxidation; Plastics; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon compounds; Surface morphology; Titanium; Transmission electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2006.340576
